“I went down to London with the idea that I was going to do vocals over this crazy, crazy trip-hop digital beat. Within two or three months, I heard Hunky Dory by David Bowie and that changed me in one way, and I realized what I actually wanted was to have an E Street Band - individuals, not session musicians.” WayTwoIdeasWantedThreeIndividualHeardCrazyStreetsChangedMonthsBandMusicianBeatsLondonI RealizedOne WayHopsDigitalSessionVocalThree MonthsBowie Author:KT Tunstall
“There are so many different musicians I look up to for different reasons - from hip-hop to rock to pop. Some are Alanis Morissette, Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, Pink, Avril Lavigne, Beyoncé, Lil Wayne.” LooksDifferentReasonRocksMusicianHip HopPopsHipsLook UpHopsWayneAerosmith Author:Manika
“There was a time when hip-hop was its own musical principle, aside from sampling. Like the entire Wild Style break is instrumental. Kurtis Blow's earliest stuff was studio musicians playing. Whodini had a real clear sound, things like "five minutes of funk," stuff that you could write really beautiful, lush string and horn arrangements around, stuff that was just music.” WritingRealBeautifulStuffSoundPrinciplesBreakClearFiveMinutesStyleMusicianMusicalBlowHip HopStudiosHipsHopsStringsArrangementsFive MinutesHornsReally BeautifulFunkLushSampling Author:Mos Def
“People will less and less need to put an identity on genres, such as "hip hop," "electronica" and so forth. That's what I try to do with Princess Superstar. Why should a musician be limited to only one form or one genre of music? And so, I think the same will hold true for the whole male/female categorization.” PeopleThinkingNeedsShouldTryingWholeFormIdentityMusicianFemaleMalesHip HopHipsGenreHopsPrincessSuperstarCategorizationGenres Of MusicMale Female Author:Princess Superstar
“The Chronic represented everything that I hated about hip-hop as a fan, but then later represented everything that I stood for as a musician and engineer.” FansMusicianHip HopHipsHatedHopsEngineers Author:Questlove
“My father was a musician, and I've always loved writing. I grew up in New York City during a time when hip hop music was surrounding you with the hip hop culture, and it felt natural. I was a really huge fan of the music.” WritingCultureFatherFeltNaturalCitiesFansNew YorkHugeGrewGrew UpMusicianHip HopHipsHopsNew York CityHip Hop Music Author:El-P
“It was actually the production group that ended up producing the show for us...Every musician, especially in the hip-hop community, you always make these show recaps or vlogs, and essentially what "Touring's Boring" was is, we tried to make our vlogs interesting and almost more like a TV show. That's how we got discovered by TV.” ShowsCommunityInterestingGroupsTvsMusicianHip HopProductionsBoringHipsHopsTv ShowsTouring Author:Mike Stud
“My love of R&B and hip-hop has influenced my life not even as a musician, but generally in terms of growing up and looking to America as an inspiration.” InspirationAmericaTermGrowing UpGrowingMusicianHip HopHipsHops Author:James Vincent McMorrow
“Hip-hop has been the guiding light of my life as a musician and a music fan. It's the one common thread through all of it from the time I bought my first record probably. It's always been there.” FirstsHas BeensLightCommonRecordsFansMusicianHip HopHipsHopsThreadMusic FansGuiding LightCommon ThreadsLight Of My Life Author:James Vincent McMorrow
“I'm a musician. I play instruments. I dabble in the hip-hop field. That doesn't take vocal ability necessarily.” PlayAbilityFieldsMusicianInstrumentsHip HopHipsHopsVocal Author:Nick Cannon